Formula
The net volatility for a two-legged spread (with one long leg, and one short) can be estimated, to a first order approximation, by the formula:
where
- is the net volatility for the spread
- and are the implied volatility and vega for the long leg
- and are the implied volatility and vega for the short leg
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